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(11) EP 1 565 276 A1

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(43) Date of publication:
24.08.2005 Bulletin 2005/34

(21) Application number: 02744786.1

(22) Date of filing: 02.07.2002
(51) International Patent Classification (IPC)7B07C 3/00, B65G 1/137, B65D 5/42
(86) International application number:
PCT/US2002/020910
(87) International publication number:
WO 2004/004930 (15.01.2004 Gazette 2004/03)
(84) Designated Contracting States:
AT BE BG CH CY CZ DE DK EE ES FI FR GB GR IE IT LI LU MC NL PT SE SK TR
Designated Extension States:
AL LT LV MK RO SI

(71) Applicant: Johnson & Johnson Vision Care, Inc.
Jacksonville, FL 32256 (US)

(72) Inventors:
  • DUNCAN, Gregory Scott
    Jacksonville, FL 32210 (US)
  • LEPPER, John M.
    Jacksonville, FL 32207 (US)
  • BEATON, Stephen R.
    Jacksonville, FL 32250 (US)
  • DUIS, Donnie J.
    Jacksonville, FL 32225 (US)

(74) Representative: Mercer, Christopher Paul et al
Carpmaels & Ransford, 43-45 Bloomsbury Square
London WC1A 2RA
London WC1A 2RA (GB)

   


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